Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores will be holding a fundraising campaign from August 19, 2013, through September 23, 2013. Customers can purchase $1, $5, or $20 paper heart icons. All donations support Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, your local Children's Miracle Network hospital.

Modern genetics and genomics impact all areas of scientific research, so to help guide researchers through that process the CHGR is excited to announce a new series of Genetics Research Clinics that are held weekly each Monday from 12:00-1:00 pm in 411 A/B Light Hall (a light lunch will be provided).

More information can be found at the CHGR website: http://chgr.mc.vanderbilt.edu/ - Click Here. Please direct anyone with questions about how to incorporate genetics and genomics techniques into their research to sign up for the weekly clinics at askgenomics@chgr.mc.vanderbilt.edu - Click Here.

This interval training class alternates aerobic exercise with strength training. Students use body resistance along with handheld weights, Bosu, resistance tubing, balance balls and other equipment. All fitness levels are welcome\; activities can be modified for beginning exercisers

Zumba is a cardio interval workout with aerobic and dance movements to Latin music\; get your groove on!

Classes are on the 3rd Floor in Finance Department in Conference Room 30213. Participation will be on a first come, first serve basis. If you do not work in the finance department, you will need to bring your ID to the front desk and they will let you in.

Sword Play is based on two different Japanese sword fighting techniques, kendo and aikido. Students wield a three-foot wooden sword and perform prearranged movement patterns to music. Involves lunges, squats, pivots and sword strikes. No previous martial arts experience is needed but students need to be reasonably fit to participate. Not suitable for beginning beginners.

Gentle Yoga is a slower paced class focused on creating balance in the body through developing both strength and flexibility. Students will learn gentle movements, postures, slow deep-breathing, meditation, and relaxation at a pace that feels comfortable for each individual. These classes are slow and emphasize taking care . Appropriate for individuals of any ability and those with all medical conditions. Instructors are able to show modifications for each pose and for all medical conditions.

ll CWS's in CCT and adult ED will default to Virtual CWS session on sign on starting at 11 a.m. on 8/20/13. System Support Services will be rounding this week to support users in the transition to a virtual computer environment. Education is available in LMS.

For intermediate to experienced runners\; speed work on the track which includes intervals of 400m up to 1600m\; distances and times based on individual fitness levels. Please call 3-6576 before your first class.

This workshop offers a complete trauma resuscitation and airway immersion experience. The workshop will be taught by expert instructors and will focus on critical knowledge enhancement, theory, decision making and technical skills. Students will receive special instruction in resuscitation, the adult/pediatric airway, the trauma airway, difficult airway situations and rescue/salvage airway techniques.

Please go to the following link to register: https://vanderbilt-web.ungerboeck.com/logon/log_p2_addedit.aspx?AppSessionID=ejoei1fgmeimei8ei4&sessionid=ejnei0fgleilei7ej3&eventid=8083&mode=add - Click Here.

This course, developed the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), is a 16-hour program covering knowledge and psychomotor skills. Class size is limited. Class times are 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Please go to the following link to register: https://vanderbilt-web.ungerboeck.com/logon/log_p2_addedit.aspx?AppSessionID=ejoei1fgmeimei8ei4&sessionid=ejnei0fgleilei7ej3&eventid=8083&mode=add. - Click Here

Emily James, Marketing Director of The Heritage at Brentwood, will discuss how adult children can approach their parents about their future living arrangements and health care needs.

This informative and interactive presentation, with handouts, will provide concrete information for initiating these important conversations. This class is part of the Boomers, Elders, and More Series.

This exam is given as the final completion of the BA Course. You must take the exam within 30 days of the last day of your course. Please go to http://vanderbilt.mzinga.com - Click Here to register for the test.

Cardio interval workout with aerobic and dance movements to Latin music\; get your grove on! NOTE: Participants must call 343-8943 to sign up for a spot for the Wednesday 5:15 PM class ONLY. You must arrive for class by 5:30 p.m. or you will forfeit your spot in the class.

An Occupational Health nurse will roam the VUH floors 9North, 9South, 10South, and the Emergency Department on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 from 6:00pm - 10:00pm, providing TB skin tests and immunizations to Staff and Faculty. In addition, there will be a Know Your Numbers - Click Here table: Measure your blood pressure, weight and body mass index with Health Plus. These numbers can be used for the Go for the Gold program.

Basic Arrhythmia (BA) is a non-consecutive two day course designed to prepare Vanderbilt nurses to recognize common rhythms and aberrancies and to identify those which are life-threatening, or potentially life-threatening. Course material covers adult cardiac rhythms and interventions.

An Occupational Health nurse will be at 100 Oaks on Thursday, August 22, 2013 from 8:00am - 11:30am in Rm. 21100 VPEC, providing immunizations, blood draws, and TB skin tests for all faculty and staff.

For intermediate to experienced runners\; speed work on the track which includes intervals of 400m up to 1600m\; distances and times based on individual fitness levels. Please call 3-6576 before your first class.

Stop by and shop for local fruits and vegetables, dairy products such as goat cheese, milk and yogurt, grass-fed beef, eggs, pasta, honey, healthy baked goods and flowers. Cash accepted at all vendors\; credit cards and debit cards accepted at some. Find the market at Vanderbilt Medical Center Plaza across from Langford Auditorium.

The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health & Wellness, in collaboration with Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, is offering RENEW-gentle movement classes for adult (18 and up) cancer survivors who are on therapy or who have finished treatment.

Instructor: Kathy Woods

Classes are free to all cancer patients who are currently in treatment. Classes are open to survivors who have finished treatment for 12 weeks free, after that a class punch card ($8 per class) must be purchased to continue the program.

On third floor go to the front desk and she will let you in to the area. Make sure that you get there before 5pm because there will be no one there to let you in and you will have to wait until some with a card can swap you in. When you enter into the hallway make a right into the next hallway and walk all the way done and make another right and a quick left. Enter the doors straight ahead of you and make a right into the break room.

Different toys (bosu, dumbells, resist-a-ball, etc) will be used for an energizing cardiovascular workout. This class is tough, but remember you can modify and take it at your own pace. come prepared to sweat!

30 minutes is all you will need to tone your muscles in this class. This is a high rep class. If you aren't used to it, you will definitely feel it within the next couple of days! Ballet inspired\; yet not ballet. The barre is used for a portion of this class.

Join the Junior League Family Resource Center in partnership with the Vanderbilt Resuscitation Program to learn the lifesaving skills of CPR for adults and children. This free classroom-based course is facilitated by an American Heart Association instructor and includes video-led skills practices throughout. Our dynamic group setting is the ideal way to get proper instruction and hands-on practice time.

This class combines the instructor's background in yoga, Pilates, ballet, modern dance and martial arts to create a unique blend of movements that energize, relieve stress and induce deep relaxation in body and mind.